There’s no doubt that food content online is a very visual subject. You can’t smell or taste the food on the Internet (yet?!), so it’s important to stimulate your readers senses through what your audience can see. And when it comes to social media, capturing the eye and attention of your distracted follower is even more important because there is […]
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Balancing Feeding Your Family and Food Blogging
No doubt about it, the life of a food blogger is kind of cool. You get to combine a few important things into one: Your passion for food…oh, glorious food. Making sure you and your family eats. You know, because they have to. Earning an income from home and from your computer. It’s pretty awesome to be […]
What to Send In Your Food-Themed Newsletter
While you are busy creating great blog content, don’t forget about growing your all-important email list. It’s not enough to have a “Blog Notification” list (a list where your subscribers are simply notified about your new posts), you really need to grow a mailing list that you can contact directly. Otherwise, you’re leaving a lot of […]
The Great Big List of 99 Food Blogging Tips
If you’ve ever wanted a list of 99 random, but very useful, food blogging tips, here ya go! Use your ingredients to tell the story: Succulent peppers for hot summers, cucumber slices on crushed ice to refresh, etc… When photographing food, ask yourself: “What story do I want this to tell?” Make sure every prop supports the […]
How to Adapt Recipes for Your Food Site
Recipes, recipes, recipes. They’re so easy to find online. If you search right now, you can get over 1.5 million results for “oatmeal carrot muffins.” Many of the recipes will be pretty much exactly the same. Some will be unique. Where do yours fall? It’s common practice for bloggers to find recipes online and adapt […]
